.Head Of State Vladimir Putin on Thursday gave Russian citizenship to 22 immigrants featuring a Serbian nationwide who said he faced prosecutor in his indigenous nation for battling on Russia's edge in Ukraine.Aleksandar Jokic documented a video charm to Putin this spring to talk to the Russian president to aid him avoid serving 25 years in Serbian jail on mercenarism charges by offering him a Russian travel permit.Jokic's scenario urged Russian lawmakers to use up legislation banning the extradition of immigrants based on prosecution in their countries for participating in what the Kremlin calls its own "unique army operation" in Ukraine.Putin in January streamlined the citizenship process for immigrants who participate in the Russian military.However Jokic pointed out in his video recording charm that he had actually been denied Russian citizenship for 3 years since the system he defended was based in the Russian-occupied Donetsk area of asian Ukraine.French media has actually mentioned that Jokic's unit OBTF Waterfall might have been actually founded by a previous Russian lawmaker and also participant of the ruling, pro-Kremlin United Russia people.Jokic said he dealt with extradition to Serbia after his device was actually expected to become dissolved in April.Putin's mandate published Thursday on an official web site of Russian legal actions states that Jokic was born in Serbia on Jan. 26, 2003.Serbia has punished the Russian attack of Ukraine at the United Nations but has always declined to sanction Moscow, with whom it has helpful relationships.Belgrade has warned Serbs that participating in Russia's powers against Kyiv would lead to legal outcomes. It has also talked to Moscow to finish its own attempts to sponsor Serbs to fight in Ukraine as part of the notorious Wagner mercenary group.